Epic Games Store chief says they’ll eventually stop paying for exclusive PC games

The store now counts 85 million users, largely thanks to Fortnite

[roland82]

How about stopping now and spend that money on improving your store? Give me a reason to choose you over Steam

[darthv72]

So wait.... you have to choose one or the other Roland? Im sure others just use both.

[JackBNimble]

You do when they make a game exclusive to their store don't you?
The way EPIC is doing things ,it's their way or highway , there is no choice when a game is exclusive to the epic store.

[Tross]

I think it's great that PC gives us options for where we can get our digital games, but I also like simplicity. I have a GOG account, but I mostly use Steam because it's just convenient to have the majority of my PC game library in one place. Sure, using more than one service is always an option, but I would also rather not have a million accounts if I don't have to. Plus, I just like how Steam displays my library.

[MasterChief3624]

I think that is exactly the reason they're buying up so many exclusives, actually. To draw people there and keep them there.

[Kabaneri]

Epic Games Store is the beginning of the end for Steam.

[Ricegum]

It's really not though.

[Larrysweet]

Funnily i have epic and steam and i dont cry abought it wtf pc is digital anyway makes no diff wjere game comes from long as works shutup already

[Teflon02]

the features make a difference and Steam is the best consumer store on PC period no arguments.

[Skuletor]

@Teflon
GOG is the best for consumers since the games are DRM free but Steam does have the larger library.

[Araragifeels]

Honestly, Epic should start making AAA games again for their Epic Game Store but sadly, they won't because of fornite.

[ElementX]

How many of those 85m users have bought or played anything other than Fortnite on the service? Probably less than 1m.

[TacoTaco]

It's enough of a percentage to let Metro Exodus sell 2.5x more than Last Light did on Steam at launch.

[ElementX]

True, but without actual numbers that doesn't really mean much

[TacoTaco]

It means that Steam's legacy and the negative blowback from the sudden platform switch didn't hurt Metro's sales potential.